Last Alteration: Monday 03 August 2009
BBC (Kendal Avenue)
BBC (Kendal Avenue)
Kendal Avenue, Acton, W3 0RP
This is the traditional home to the BBC's Outside Broadcasting department; though the main office has now moved to Langley (Slough), the depot at Kendal Avenue still holds the OB stores and van/trailer parking.
2 Aug 2009: Mike Jordan: Kendal is now completely demolished and is now an (empty) group of warehouses!
How to get here:
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Underground (Central): West Acton - Turn left out of the station, then left into Saxon Drive. Follow this along until turning left into Alliance Road. Cross over the railway, and then Kendal Avenue is on the left. +
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Bus: Hanger Lane Bus Map - Nearest stop is "Western Avenue Concord Road" (routes 487, 95). Alliance Avenue is on the southern side a little further east from Concord Road. Follow this down and Kendal Avenue is on the right. +
This location is private and has no or limited access only. The warehouses seen in Evil of the Daleks are visible through the fence from the road.
Access: privateStatus: recognisableDepot
Photograph taken: 19th February 2007 by Chuck Foster
"Taken though the fence around the depot. The actual screen shot would be a little further down, but the various BBC OB trailers parked obscure the view!"
The Evil of the Daleks (1)
Filmed: 21 Apr 1967
The Doctor and Jamie discover the TARDIS on a lorry.
Additional Notes:
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The BBC runs along the whole of this side of Kendal Avenue; the filming was towards the northern end of the depot.
Access: privateStatus: n/aVisual Effects Department
Photograph taken: 19th February 2007 by Chuck Foster
Home to some of the new effects seen in 21st Century Doctor Who!
Where to walk to next?
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Diageo (Park Royal) (The Invasion). No route recorded to this location.
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BBC (Victoria Road) (The Invasion, Spearhead from Space, The Ambassadors of Death). No route recorded to this location.
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Horn Lane (site of former TAVC) (Remembrance of the Daleks). No route recorded to this location.
Additional locations as the crow flies:
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KJP Trading: 0.58 miles. 
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Birkbeck Road (Attack of the Cybermen): 1.11 miles. 
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Old Oak Common Lane (Remembrance of the Daleks): 1.13 miles. 
Production Notes:
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Matt Irvine: "When I left (1993) the Department moved round the corner to Wales Farm Road. Then - not quite sure when as I wasn't there then, but possibly '97 or '98?? - moved to its final resting place which was Kendal Avenue in Park Royal. This is the long-time site for OBs, which occupied the majority of the buildings, but there was small separate complex of four units at the very end, (next to John Lewis' place), of which two Units, 3 & 4, became the FX Department. However it ceased in 2003, but Mike Tucker ran a new 'miniatures unit', literally next door in Unit 2. However that only lasted to 2005 and now he's at Ealing with his own set-up. The FX workshop space meanwhile got converted to the standing set for Waking the Dead."
Related Stories
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The Evil of the Daleks [21 Apr 1967]: Gatwick Airport hangars
Related Studio Stories
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Warriors of the Deep Visual Effects Workshop [4-7 Jul 1983]
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Rose [14-16 Sep 2005]
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Aliens of London [14-16 Sep 2005]
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World War Three [14-16 Sep 2005]
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The Empty Child [8-9 Feb 2005]
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The Doctor Dances [8-9 Feb 2005]
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Bad Wolf [22-23 Mar 2005]
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The Parting of the Ways [22-23 Mar 2005]
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The Christmas Invasion [6-7 Sep 2005]
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New Earth [6-7 Sep 2005]
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School Reunion [8 Sep 2005]
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All screen captures are the copyright of the BBC and appear here as reference to illustrate the location in comparison with it looked at the time of filming and the present day; no attempt is made to supercede this or any other copyright.
